Leighton Thompson

Theme: Benefits of Sports

Topic: Ways in which success can be achieved through football

Explanation:

To investigate the different ways in which football can be beneficial and how success could be attained from pursuing football.

Secondary Sources

PIECE 1

Author: Jeremy Schaap

Title: Lionel Messi Success Story

Copyright Date: May 18. 2013

Place of Publication: United Kingdom

Name of Publisher: Successstory

PIECE 2

Author: Leighton Levy

Title: Jamaican Youngsters Join Ajax

Copyright Date: January 12, 2012

Place of Publication: Jamaica

Name of Publisher: The Gleaner

Challenges:

Difficulty in finding persons who achieved success in football to conduct interview, hence there was a small sample size. As a result less data than what was wanted was available so results were limited.

Hard to find mutual times to construct interview as both interviewees had a busy schedule.

Challenge in covering a wide geographic area; researcher wasn’t able to conduct interview with persons out of his area because of lack of connection. As a result the data source was confined to only one area.

Background Sources: - Piece 1 Successtory is seen as a reliable source as it specializes in this area as this

company covers numerous success stories of different sports persons.- Also the source has no reason to be bias so this adds to the validity and reliability.

- Piece 2 is has a high validity and reliability as the author specializes in this field. He has done several sport interviews and frequently writes on sports occurrences happening currently.

- The source reliability is also high as The Gleaner is an established publication company which have been around for a very long time, from 1834.

Data Sources

- Interview conducted were valid and reliable.- Interviewees had no reason to lie or withhold information because this is not an intimate

topic.- Also the researcher and interviewees had previous relationships so rapport was already

built.

Medium

- The interviews were done face to face.- Researcher was present in the interview to offer clarification.- This increases validity and reliability as nonverbal hints can be observed.

Context

Interviews were

-One was at the person’s home and the other before school in the morning.

-Interview at the person’s home is more valid and reliable as the person was in their place of comfort and did not have to rush.

- One before school, the validity and reliability could be decreased as the person did not have ‘unlimited time’ and had to answer questions faster.

Summary: Success can be achieved through football in various ways. One way in which football can provide success is that football is a career so persons who pursue it can become successful as football provides a job and with this job comes financial benefit.

Conclusion: Success can be achieved through football in various ways.